COLTON COURIER Weekly
January 8, 2026
Vol 154, NO. 06
Rain Moves Ken Hubbs Little League Clinic to Redlands as Dodgers Coach Dino Ebel Mentors Kids
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PHOTO DAPHNE MARQUEZ Third Baseman Coach for the Dodgers Dino Ebel gave a speech to local high school and college baseball players about inspiring the little league kids to want to do better for themselves
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en Hubb's Little League’s 4th annual Baseball Clinic was originally intended to be hosted at Veterans Park in Colton, but the heavy rains caused a location change to occur the day before, where Prime Baseball offered their training location in Redlands for the day on January 4. Although the abrupt location change and the continuation of the rains, there was only
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a minimal impact on the amount of attendees at the Clinic. President of Ken Hubbs Memorial Little League, Alex Gago said We're taking registration as they come in. Sometimes parents may say, You know what, let's just stay home today because of the rain and things like that. But I think the amount of coaching staff that we have here and the alumni I don't think it's going to affect us. Due to the space of the new location of the clinic, the kids had to be separated by age groups, ages 5-8 was from 9am-10am, ages
One of the parents from the 9-11 age group, Jenny Barreto said, “It's nice you know just so he gets more exposure and more motivation and see how fun it can be, versus just, you know, practice and games and this is outside of our community, so I like to go around to other communities and meet more people. Ken Hubbs, cont. next pg.
San Bernardino County Seeks Volunteers in Colton for Jan. 22 Point-In-Time Homeless Count By Manny Sandoval
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an Bernardino County is recruiting volunteers in Colton to participate in the 2026 Point-in-Time Count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness, set for Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, as part of a countywide effort conducted during the final days of January.
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The point-in-time count is a one-day, locally coordinated survey required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for communities that receive Continuum of Care funding. In San Bernardino County, the count is sponsored by the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership in collaboration with the Office of Homeless Services and in consultation with the Institute for Urban Initiatives.
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9-11 was from 10am-11am, and ages 12-16 was from 11am-12pm.
PHOTO MANNY SANDOVAL A volunteer gathers backpacks filled with everyday essentials shortly after 6 a.m. during San Bernardino’s January 2025 homeless pointin-time count, following the launch at the National Orange Show.
County officials said the updated methodology requires participation from key com-
munity members and volunteers in each city and unincorporated area to organize and carry out the count. Volunteers may include representatives of local government, social service providers, law enforcement, municipal agencies, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, local businesses, civic groups, neighborhood associations, nonprofit agencies, and current and formerly homeless individuals. The count includes two components — an unsheltered count and a sheltered count — and follows HUD’s definition of homelessness, which includes people living in places not meant for human habitation, in emergency shelters, in transitional housing for people who came from the streets or shelter, and in HUDdefined safe havens. In addition, volunteers administer a brief subpopulation survey drawn from the county’s PITC, cont. next pg.